#467 About our negative feelings Sept 23rd 23

About our feelings: Zen point of view

Most of our negative thought/feeling is caused by 2 things:

1. An accumulation of fictional triggers, most of them being time-related.
2. And permanent ignorance of the realities of the present moment whatever good and not-so-good 

     How is it possible?

Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry, expectations, hope, and even all forms of fear about x,y, and z are caused by being too much in the mind-made fictional future, and not enough in the present moment. 

Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, memories, and all forms of unforgiveness about x,y, and z are caused by being too much in the past, and not enough in the present moment.

This is how our mind is playing this fictional game with us in almost 99% of the time.

If you don’t pay attention you will never win that game.

So: I am proposing to use this simple algorithm:

      1- Is your current negative feeling based on a factual or fictional event? 

      2- If factual/concrete event:

                    Do you have control of this fact?  If yes, go for it to fix it

                    You don’t have any control: pay attention to your feelings in a mindful way, accept them,

                     and  let it go

      3-  If virtual event:

                    Pay attention to your feelings in a mindful way, and let it go. Repeat if necessary.